Laevisuchus
| Laevisuchus Temporal range: Late Cretaceous,
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| Cervical vertebra K20/613 in multiple views | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Clade: | Dinosauria |
| Clade: | Saurischia |
| Clade: | Theropoda |
| Family: | †Noasauridae |
| Genus: | †Laevisuchus Huene & Matley, 1933 |
| Type species | |
| †Laevisuchus indicus | |
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Laevisuchus (/ˌlɛvɪˈsjuːkəs/, "light crocodile") is a genus of theropod dinosaur from the Late Cretaceous. Its remains were discovered by Charles Alfred Matley near Jabalpur in Maastrichtian "Carnosaur Bed" deposits in the Lameta Formation in Madhya Pradesh, central India, and were named and described by paleontologists Friedrich von Huene and Matley in 1933.